Berserk of Gluttony Season 2 Is Official
“And Fate's Hunger Isn't Close to Satisfied”
Boushoku no Berserk is coming back. On April 26, 2026, the official announcement dropped alongside a new teaser visual, confirming that the dark fantasy series from studio ACGT will return for a second season. No premiere date has been officially confirmed by any major outlet, and while at least one social post has floated October 4 as a possible start, that hasn’t been corroborated by Crunchyroll, Anime News Network, or the production, so it’s best to treat that number as a rumor until the official word arrives. What is confirmed: the sequel is greenlit, the visual is out, and production is underway.
Before We Go Forward, Let's Go Back: What Is Berserk of Gluttony?
If you slept on Season 1 — or caught a few episodes and bounced — here's the pitch. Berserk of Gluttony (Japanese title: Bōshoku no Berserk: Ore Dake Level to Iu Gainen wo Toppa Suru) is a dark fantasy adapted from a light novel series written by Ichika Isshiki, with original character illustrations by the artist known as fame. It started as a web novel on the crowd-sourced fiction platform Shōsetsuka ni Narō before Micro Magazine picked it up for print publication under the GC Novels imprint in November 2017. There's also a manga adaptation drawn by Daisuke Takino, currently serialized in Comic Ride and sitting at 15 volumes as of this writing. Seven Seas Entertainment handles English-language publishing for both the novels and the manga.
The world Isshiki built is a rigid, skill-based caste system — think feudal Japan filtered through Western fantasy aesthetics. Every person is born with a skill, and that skill determines your entire social worth. Elite skills mean power, prestige, and a seat at the table. Useless skills mean poverty, abuse, and a lifetime of scraping. Our protagonist, Fate Graphite, is locked into the latter category. His only skill is Gluttony — which, as far as anyone can tell, just makes him perpetually starving and good for nothing. He grinds out a miserable existence as a low-level castle guard, absorbing daily humiliation from the aristocratic Vlerick family of Holy Knights, saved only by the quiet dignity of one knight — Lady Roxy Heart — who treats him like a human being.
Everything cracks open when Fate is forced to kill a thief and discovers what Gluttony actually does: it devours the souls and abilities of those he kills, transferring their stats and skills directly to him. That's the fantasy power-up. Here's the horror underneath it — the skill is alive and hungry, and once it has tasted human souls, it demands to be fed constantly. Starve it, and Fate goes berserk, losing control and threatening everyone around him, including Roxy. He can't stop. He can't opt out. Every step upward is paid for in blood, and the cost compounds. Shortly after, Fate encounters Greed — a sentient black sword whose own skill mirrors Fate's — and the two form an uneasy partnership as Fate begins climbing through a world that was designed to keep him at the bottom.
Season 1 ran 12 episodes, October 5 through December 21, 2023. It adapted the first two volumes of the light novel series. Crunchyroll streamed it as it aired, with an English dub following on July 31, 2024. Critical reception was mixed — some reviewers called it derivative and pointed to inconsistent animation as a weakness, while others appreciated its darker thematic undercurrent and the genuine emotional stakes built around Fate and Roxy's relationship. The honest read: Season 1 was a series that did more with its themes than its animation budget always allowed, but the source material had enough weight to carry it.
The Announcement Visual and What It's Saying
The teaser visual for Season 2 is minimalist but deliberate. Fate and Roxy are shown holding hands, their clasped grip forming the number "2." Roxy appears in a completely new outfit — a design that doesn't exist in Season 1 — which telegraphs that the production isn't recycling Season 1 material but pushing forward into new story territory. Given that Season 1 covered volumes one and two of the light novel, Season 2 is expected to adapt volumes three and four.
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The visual's framing is worth reading on its own terms. In Japanese visual culture, the hand-holding image isn't just romantic shorthand — it's a promise of continuity, of mutual protection. For a story about a boy whose power fundamentally centers on taking from others, an image centered on holding carries real thematic weight. The production committee knows what it's doing.
Staff, Studio, and Production Notes
The announcement was made through Point Set, the rights-holding production committee for the series. Studio ACGT is returning to handle animation. For Season 2's specific staff assignments, no official confirmation has been released yet — only the greenlight and the visual. If Season 1's crew returns intact, that means director Tetsuya Yanagisawa (High School DxD, Orient) back in the chair, series composition by Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm, Orient), character design by Takafumi Furusawa from fame's original designs, and music composed by Yuichi Ohno. Whether EverdreaM — the vocal unit formed by voice actresses Misato Matsuoka (Myne) and Hitomi Sekine (Eris) — will return to handle the OP and ED has not been confirmed.
The main Japanese voice cast for Season 1 featured Ryota Ohsaka as Fate, the always-reliable Tomokazu Seki as the black sword Greed, Hisako Tōjō as Roxy, Misato Matsuoka as Myne, and Hitomi Sekine as Eris. No word yet on casting changes or additions for Season 2.
Context: Where This Sits in the Current Market
The Berserk of Gluttony light novel series has surpassed 2.2 million copies in circulation — and that number, more than anything else, is likely why Season 2 exists. In the current anime market, sequel greenlight decisions for mid-tier properties don't hinge on fan enthusiasm alone; they also track home video and streaming metrics, and, most importantly, the continued health of the source material's sales pipeline. This series has the receipts.
The gap between Season 1 (Fall 2023) and this announcement (Spring 2026) is nearly three years — long enough that some fans had quietly given up. But the light novel itself concluded its main run, while the original web novel continues with a second part, meaning there's both a finite, adaptable story and an ongoing creative well to draw from. That's actually a healthier production situation than many sequels find themselves in.
Why This Matters for The Cel Block Crowd
For an audience shaped by dark fantasy — where dark fantasy meant Wicked City, Devilman Crybaby, and Demon City Shinjuku rather than isekai tourism — Berserk of Gluttony is one of the few current series genuinely engaging with what it costs to be powerful in a system that was built to crush you. Fate isn't a chosen hero. He's a man who found a crack in the machine and decided to survive through it, and that survival comes wrapped in horror. That's a theme that lands differently when you've lived in a world that hands out worth based on circumstances of birth. Season 2 has the opportunity to go deeper into that territory. Keep your eyes on the official channels for production updates, a real release window, and the first proper trailer — this one's worth tracking.
